Crypto Vocab

Ceasar cipher

• a technique for encryption that shifts the alphabet by some number of characters.

• the generic term for a technique or algorithm that performs encryption.

• an encryption technique that maps each letter of the alphabet to a randomly chosen other letter.

• a encryption technique in which the key used to encrypt data is different from the key used to decrypt.

• an encryption technique in which the key used to encrypt data is also used to decrypt.

cipher

• a technique for encryption that shifts the alphabet by some number of characters.

• the generic term for a technique or algorithm that performs encryption.

• an encryption technique that maps each letter of the alphabet to a randomly chosen other letter.

• a encryption technique in which the key used to encrypt data is different from the key used to decrypt.

• an encryption technique in which the key used to encrypt data is also used to decrypt.

random substitution cipher

• a technique for encryption that shifts the alphabet by some number of characters.

• the generic term for a technique or algorithm that performs encryption.

• an encryption technique that maps each letter of the alphabet to a randomly chosen other letter.

• a encryption technique in which the key used to encrypt data is different from the key used to decrypt.

• an encryption technique in which the key used to encrypt data is also used to decrypt.

asymmetric encryption

• a technique for encryption that shifts the alphabet by some number of characters.

• the generic term for a technique or algorithm that performs encryption.

• an encryption technique that maps each letter of the alphabet to a randomly chosen other letter.

• a encryption technique in which the key used to encrypt data is different from the key used to decrypt.

• an encryption technique in which the key used to encrypt data is also used to decrypt.

symmetric encryption

• a technique for encryption that shifts the alphabet by some number of characters.

• the generic term for a technique or algorithm that performs encryption.

• an encryption technique that maps each letter of the alphabet to a randomly chosen other letter.

• a encryption technique in which the key used to encrypt data is different from the key used to decrypt.

• an encryption technique in which the key used to encrypt data is also used to decrypt.

cracking encryption

• the process of decoding a secret message without knowing all the specifics of the cipher.

• the process of reversing encryption, taking a secret message and reproducing the original plain text.

• the process of encoding messages to keep them secret.

• a mathematical operation that returns the remainder after integer division.

• a problem that a computer cannot solve in a reasonable amount of time.

decryption

• the process of decoding a secret message without knowing all the specifics of the cipher.

• the process of reversing encryption, taking a secret message and reproducing the original plain text.

• the process of encoding messages to keep them secret.

• a mathematical operation that returns the remainder after integer division.

• a problem that a computer cannot solve in a reasonable amount of time.

encryption

• the process of decoding a secret message without knowing all the specifics of the cipher.

• the process of reversing encryption, taking a secret message and reproducing the original plain text.

• the process of encoding messages to keep them secret.

• a mathematical operation that returns the remainder after integer division.

• a problem that a computer cannot solve in a reasonable amount of time.

computationally hard

• the process of decoding a secret message without knowing all the specifics of the cipher.

• the process of reversing encryption, taking a secret message and reproducing the original plain text.

• the process of encoding messages to keep them secret.

• a mathematical operation that returns the remainder after integer division.

• a problem that a computer cannot solve in a reasonable amount of time.

modulo

• the process of decoding a secret message without knowing all the specifics of the cipher.

• the process of reversing encryption, taking a secret message and reproducing the original plain text.

• the process of encoding messages to keep them secret.

• a mathematical operation that returns the remainder after integer division.

• a problem that a computer cannot solve in a reasonable amount of time.